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I wonder if Black Bart calls Kenny back now?

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 29, 2008 -> 09:09 PM) Hillary Clinton now on CNN telling everyone that Florida is a big deal, and how much she cares for Floridians. I hate her sooooo much. Its all about what benefits them in the moment. She would stab her mother if it meant getting into the Oval Office.

QUOTE(WHITESOXRANDY @ Jan 29, 2008 -> 09:47 AM) Would someone please go to Spring Training and step on Ozuna's leg so that the Sox can get a useful player for the bench? Thank you. Pablo actually is a pretty decent bench player. He plays multiple positions, and isn't afraid of tough lefties. He just is not a starter.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Jan 29, 2008 -> 09:05 AM) I forgot about this part, He said first he could send down Danks, Fields, Quintin, and Floyd. The more interesting part is that he stated that Baseball America's resources for the most part are local writers, he pointed out Phil Rogers in particular. I found this very interesting and hoped someone with more knowledge could weigh in. He trashed Baseball America and kept stating that a competitive minor league system is not his goal MLB Championships are. The alarming part of this is the fact that he complains about rising salaries and how they need young players. I had asked my questions but my point was going to be that I could care less about the minor leagues but if you are not going ot spend on the draft and outbid in free agency, the result will be quite simple......your team is going to suck. You can see Kenny's plan in action. He is trading the minor leaguers for established young players who have a 3-5 year window with the Sox.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Jan 29, 2008 -> 09:03 AM) did you even read what i wrote? he's a completely different person now than he was then. and it wasn't pretending to gain trust man. if you're gonna just spin and manipulate words to make them say what you want to nothing anyone ever says will make an effect on you so i guess there's no point in having the discussion. I actually read it a few times, because it sounded worse to me than anything I had said up to this point. I don't get how that was supposed to convince me that this is the REAL John Edwards. If he was more concerned about getting votes and staying in office, to the point where he couldn't be his real "self", that doesn't say much for his character. What kind of person is content like that? He sound just like Mitt Romney to me. He'll say whatever it takes to get votes at the time. I have said it before, and I will say it again, people just don't up and change so many of their core beliefs in such a short period of time.

QUOTE(sircaffey @ Jan 22, 2008 -> 12:13 PM) Oh I see. So the fact that Josh only hit 52 HR in 1400 minor league AB is due to focusing on something else. Now he's going to shoot right up to 40+ HR because he's now unleashed. If only it were that simple. I got to thinking about this one last night, and went back and did a little research. There are people who have the tools, but develop their power at the major league level. Go back and look at the minor league numbers for Maggs and Robin. Ordonez never hit more than 18 homers in a season over 5 years in the minors. Robin hit a grand total of 3 hrs in his only minor league season.

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Jan 29, 2008 -> 07:53 AM) Lost = Amazing. Anyone know how much of the season they filmed before the writers got all pissy? Last I heard about 8 of the 16 episodes were complete. I never have heard officially if that is true or not.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Jan 28, 2008 -> 08:17 PM) I watched all 3 seasons of LOST in the past month and I am f***ing obsessed with this show. Can't wait till Thursday. WINNER!

QUOTE(Reddy @ Jan 28, 2008 -> 09:31 PM) *sigh* i've already dealt with this article to a poly sci professor at my school, but i'll see if i can summarize... (ie: copy paste) -- Edwards was a freshman senator who really had no prior legislative experience. He was essentially just going along to get along - learning the ins and outs of the senate. He may not have voted his conscience but then again, how many democrats DID back at that point? It really wouldn't have benefited him to make waves and try and be a "revolutionary" by voting against all those bills, in fact, it probably would've solidified his defeat in re-election. Now we all know that he already faced an uncertain re-election bid and that may have contributed to his resignation from the senate, but speaking out against all these bills wouldn't have helped his case. Hillary voted for every one of the bills that Edwards did as well. Obama, lucky for him, wasn't in the senate to MAKE those calls, yet he constantly touts how he was "against the war from the beginning". Well, if you ask me, it's easy to be against something when you don't have to vote on it. Bottom line: At the time, he was trying to show that he was centrist. In reality - this wasn't the REAL John Edwards. THAT was the Edwards just trying to win votes and stay in office. But I truly believe that he has shed that way of thinking and now is fighting for the things he truly believes in. And that's not something I can prove, but it's the sense I get from having followed his campaign so closely and listening to him and the way he connects with people. The other thing is that 1998-2002 was a WHOLE different world than we're in right now. Things were nowhere near as desperate both economically at home or internationally. It would be foolish for a politician to be so concerned with having the "same positions" for the sake of political gain when the world has shifted so dramatically in the 10 years since Edwards was first elected. LASTLY, when John says this is the cause of my life, this is what i've been fighting for my whole life, etc - he's not talking about those issues. He's talking about fighting for the middle class - for those who don't have a voice. THAT'S what he's been doing his whole life. And that's TRUE. Look, he decided to get into politics after his son's death in '96 because he realized that we don't have a lot of time in this world and if you're capable of making a difference you'd better do it. He felt he had a responsibility to this country and to his son. Then in his travels across the country in '03 and '04 became horrifically aware of how bad the poverty problem in this country has become and he realized how hurt the middle class is. He and Elizabeth decided that this would be the new cause of their lives. He started a poverty center, he led efforts to rebuild in New Orleans - but i'm sure you know that. Point is, the man is genuine. He realizes that his approach in the senate was a mistake and at least has the stones to admit it - unlike Clinton. He knows he made mistakes and he knows he made some bad decisions, but you know what? After 8 years of a president who refuses to admit mistakes and refuses to back down even when all evidence of a terrible decision is staring him in the face, I think someone who takes some responsibility and vows to make things right again is exactly what we need. So how much of a Presidency would JE waste "going along to get along" and "learning the ins and outs" of the Oval Office? That is exactly that kind of stuff that boils my blood about John Edwards. Supposedly he was perfectly content pretending to be someone he wasn't, so that he could gain everyone's trust, well until something bad happened? In plain terms he lied to everyone who voted for the guy they thought he was. Yeah, that really clears things up for me. He is exactly who I thought he was. Another lying politician.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 29, 2008 -> 07:23 AM) As I understand it, the Dems don't have any winner-take-all primaries. At least not according to what I've seen. Can someone else verify that? That would be good news for Obama. All he has to do is keep it close there, for respectabilities sake.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Jan 28, 2008 -> 04:12 PM) A bruising fight between McCain and Romney could lead to a Huckabee kingmaker situation here. If Huckabee does well enough in the south, and with evangelicals, there's a very real possibility of a brokered convention happening here. Now that is enough to make me vomit. That would mean Romney, and I can't handle that. Hopefully the history of quickly uniting behind a candidate happens here as usual, and we don't have to play the song and dance.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 28, 2008 -> 10:32 PM) I saw a brief article on CNN that got my blood going a bit. The NY state chapter of NOW, issued a blistering statement accusing Ted Kennedy of abandoning women by endorsing Obama. If you read the article, the statement isn't just hinting at it either - it just comes right out and says that they think Kennedy has left women behind by making that decision. I couldn't leave behind the opportunity to throw the obvious tasteless joke out there... Its not the first time Teddy has left a woman behind...

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 28, 2008 -> 11:43 PM) The first Dem poll in California taken after the SC Primary is out (adding in that company's few previous results to show trend)... SurveyUSA (888 LV in latest), most recent first... ____________1/27__1/13__12/16__12/3__10/14 Clinton...........49........50........49.......50.......57 Obama...........38........35........30.......24.......20 Edwards...........9........10........14.......16.......13 The incredible shrinking lead for Clinton: +37, +26, +19, +15, +11. Clinton's number is nearly the same, but it seems like Obama has taken a little bit of Edwards' numbers, and a whole lot of everyone else who dropped out. Is CA winner take all for the Dems?

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Jan 28, 2008 -> 06:42 PM) Williams is right. 1.Jenks 2.Vazquez 3.Buerhle 4.Swisher 5.Fields 6.Konerko 7.Danks 8.Quinten 9.Cabrera 10.Floyd So yes, you could re-stock the farm with those players, hypothetically. MB would be #1 on that list as a lefty with a cheapish long term deal and #2 starter stuff.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 28, 2008 -> 09:03 PM) In other words, FL is more important for Romney, because if he doesn't win it the race is over, while if he does win it, he has a shot to make up that 10 point deficit, but McCain is still not finished because of the lead he already has. My point exactly But McCain is still behind. Its more important for the guy who is losing.

This is what I have been trying to say for months about Edwards http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ope...723635.story

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 28, 2008 -> 08:40 PM) While this is true...it doesn't mean much right now and you know that. Not when McCain has a strong lead in the national polls and we're a week from 22 states voting, essentially a national primary. His delegate lead is nothing if he can't even up the polling in the Feb 5 states. Republicans are the fall in line party. If Romney wins Florida, all of those polls for ST change quickly. If McCain wins ST becomes a route.

I don't believe in Carl Everett.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 28, 2008 -> 07:42 PM) This is more of a must win for Romney. He is, like Obama, facing an uphill climb in national polls, and this is his last chance to claim that whole momentum thing and put himself firmly ensconced in the front runner role. Romney is actually the leader in delegates right now.

This is must win for McCain. he has to make up the delegate deficit and keep his name up front for Super Tuesday.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jan 28, 2008 -> 10:34 AM) Ya'll are assholes. I'll bet your life is like a scene in Spaceballs...

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 28, 2008 -> 11:49 AM) Will President Clinton be able to throw out the upcoming housing market recession when she gets in office? Much like the first President Clinton, she will come in at the bottom, which makes it easy to build growth numbers off of.

Good to see Kenny was being smart about his post-holiday bargain shopping...

So we got two lottery tickets for a guy who we were going to let walk away in the first place. That is fine with me.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 28, 2008 -> 12:15 PM) As I understand it, there were a couple questionable land deals. I remember right after Obama announced he was running, that came up in the press, and I read into it at the time. It looked pretty grey - I am not sure how much if it was just stuff going on around an inexperienced Obama, versus how much he was really aware was going on. Here is the original ST article. To me it doesn't pass the sniff test. In the grand scheme of things it isn't as dirty as some of the Clinton stuff we saw, but it reeks none the less. http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1211...brown02.article